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Black-on-Black Avanyu Design Plate by Maria and Santana Martinez - 22974
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Jul 14th 2016, 4:25pm
Maria and Julian Martinez certainly established blackware pottery as a collectible for many generations to come. When Julian passed away in 1943, Maria was left with no one to paint the designs on her exquisite masterpieces. It was then that Santana Martinez, wife of Maria's oldest son, Adam, stepped in and began painting the designs for her mother-in-law. Santana continued doing this until 1956, when Maria's other son, Popovi Da, started painting for his mom.